Locking-bolt.



G. H. WHEARY. LOOKING BOLT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1908.

904,466. Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFTQE.

GEORGE H. WHEARY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARTMAN TRUNK GOM- PANY, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN.

LOCKING-B 0LT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed May '7, 1908. Serial No. 431,479.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WHEARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Locking-Bolt, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locking bolts and is particularly designed for use upon doors of wardrobe trunks and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a light and durable form of bolt which will automatically engage the casing of the door at three sides of said door simultaneously, thus serving to securely fasten the door in closed position and preventing it from gaping open at any of its edges.

A further object is to provide a fastener of this character one of the heads of which is designed to be retracted by the operation of closing the door, this retraction causing a corresponding shifting of the other heads of the fastener so that all of said heads are positioned to simultaneously engage their respective keepers when released.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure l is a perspective view showing the inner face of the door of a wardrobe trunk, the same being pro vided with a bolt embodying the present improvements, the adjoining portions of the trunk body being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the front portion of the main section of the bolt and its knob and the guide plate in which it works.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a portion of the trunk casing and secured therein are longitudinal cleats 2 and 3 arranged along opposite walls of the door opening and upper and lower cleats d and 5 each of which has a reduced tongue 6 at one end and positioned at a point between the cleats 2 and 3, there being a short cleat section 7 between each tongue 6 and the cleat 3. A space 8 is formed between each tongue 6 and cleat 7 for the purposes hereinafter set forth. As shown in the drawings each tongue has a metal wear plate 9 thereon. The tongues 6 constitute keepers for the upper and lower bolts of the look while the intermediate or main bolt of said lock has a keeper in the form of an apertured plate 10 secured over the cleat 8. It is to be understood, however, that this keeper may be of any desired structure other than that disclosed.

Hinges 11 are secured to the casing 1 adjacent cleat 2 and the door 12 is secured to them and designed to swing against all of the cleats heretofore referred to. A plate 13 is secured to the outer face of the door and has a depression 14 the bottom of which is slotted longitudinally as at 15 to receive the stem of a knob 16. This stem extends through the slot and is secured in any suitable manner to the main bolt 17 of the look. This bolt has an enlarged head 18 provided with a beveled end and mounted to reciprocate within a guide bracket 19 secured to the door. A stem 20 extends from the inner end of the bolt 17 and is mounted to reciprocate within a bracket 21. Arranged on this stem and bearing against the bracket is a coiled spring 22 one end of which bears against the inner or lapping ends of the upper and lower bolts 23 and 2d of the lock, said lapping ends being pivotally connected to the bolt 17 as shown. Each bolt 23 and 24: is fulcrumed at a point between its ends upon a stud 25 extending from the inner face of the door and the outer end of each bolt has an angular offset head 26, each bolt 23 and 2% being guided adjacent its head within a bracket- 27.

\Vhen the door is shut the heads 26 are normally positioned back of the tongues 6 as shown in Fig. 1, they being held yieldingly in these positions by the spring 22. The beveled head 18 of bolt 17 is also held normally projected into this keeper 10. hen it is desired to open the door the operator shifts the knob 16 longitudinally of the slot 15 so as to retract the head 18 from its keeper and at the same time place the spring 22 under stress. This operation of bolt 17 will cause the inner or lapping ends of the levers 23 and 24 to be simultaneously moved so as to swing the heads 26 from behind the tongues 6 and into the spaces 8. The door 12 can therefore be swung open. Vhen it is desired to close the door it is merely pushed shut and the beveled head 18 will first strike the keeper 10 and be pushed backward thereby, thus causing a coi-re'spoi'iding movement of the bolts 23 and 24. As a result the heads 26 will be free to pass through the spaces 8 and as soon as the head 18 springs into its keeper 10 the heads 26 will shift into position behind the tongues (3. It will be apparent therefore from the foregoing description that the lock operates to securely fasten the door both at the top and bottom as well as at the free longitudinal edge thereof. There is therefore no danger of the door gaping open at any of its edges and the same is enabled to resist greater strains than would otherwise be the case. The lock is very simple, durable, and efficient and can be easily applied to doors of wardrobe trunks and the like already in use.

What is claimed is:

1. A look comprising a spring controlled main slidable bolt, means extending therefrom for actuating the same, a guide for said bolt, and oppositely extending oscillating bolts having fixed pivots and pivotally connected at one end to and actuated by the main bolt, the other ends of said bolts constituting keeper-engaging means.

2. The combination with a casing and a door therein; of keepers adjacent the free edges of the door, oppositely extending oscillating bolts upon the door, guides therefor, locking heads upon said bolts, a slidable bolt pivotally connected to the first mentioned bolts, guides therefor, and a spring for maintaining all of the bolts in looking position.

The combination with a casing, a door hingedly mounted thereon, and stop cleats within the casing for limiting the movement of the door, opposed cleats being cut away; of a spring controlled bolt slidably mounted upon the door, oppositely extending pivoted bolts mounted upon the door and pivotally connected to the slidable bolt, said pivoted bolts having their outer end portions normally lapping the cleats to lock the door in closed position, and means for shifting the slidable bolt to oscillate thepivoted bolts and swing their outer ends into position to be withdrawn through the cut away portions of the cleats.

at. A look comprising a spring-controlled main slidable bolt, means for actuating the same, an oscillating bolt having a fixed pivot, said bolt being pivotally connected at one end to the slidable bolt and the other end of said pivoted bolt constituting keeper-engaging means, said pivoted belt being disposed to be actuated by the main slidable bolt.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEO. H. VVHEARY.

.Vitnesses Cmiz'r D. FPAZELL, Max B'Loori. 

